Ice hockey at the Deaflympics

Ice hockey has been contested as a sport in the Winter Deaflympics since 1975. In the Winter Deaflympic history, ice hockey has been contested only for men on 7 occasions (1975,1991,1995,1999,2003,2007 and 2015).[1]

In the inaugural men's ice hockey tournament, only Canada and United States were eligible to compete way back in 1975.

Canada and United States have been the most successful nations as they have won the most number of medals in the sporting event since 1975. Both US and Canada are the only teams to win medals in the ice hockey competitions they have competed.

Medal winners

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1975 CanadaCanada United StatesUnited States not awarded
1991 Soviet UnionSoviet Union United StatesUnited States CanadaCanada
1995 United StatesUnited States CanadaCanada RussiaRussia
1999 CanadaCanada United StatesUnited States FinlandFinland
2003 CanadaCanada RussiaRussia United StatesUnited States
2007 United StatesUnited States CanadaCanada RussiaRussia
2015 RussiaRussia CanadaCanada United StatesUnited States

Medal table

Team  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Canada 3 3 1 7
United States 2 3 2 7
Russia 1 1 2 4
Soviet Union 1 0 0 1
Finland 0 0 1 1

References

  1. ↑ "Sports | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
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